Yup, their name may sound like a bunch of blonde American indie-pop lasses but, in fact, nothing could be further from the truth.

Since Monroe are actually a four piece from Birmingham (England’s West Midlands, not Alabama) with a knack for blending grunge hooks with choruses and making music that takes their love of 90s alternative rock into the 2010s. Hell, if I was younger man I’d wanna mosh to this (those of us in the 35-44 age bracket should not mosh. It’s just wrong).

Andy Clifford and James Bradley got together with Rich and Matt Tregortha merely a year ago, so I can only deduce that they have eat, slept and breathed music between the four of them in that time, c

heerfully forgetting about family, friends, jobs and partners and just got on with the business in hand of creating music, they seem that together. Either that, or they are telling a few porkies on the press release sheet, and they have actually been honing their act for far, far longer.

Whatever. This is their debut EP, entitled Lost Generation, whic

h is released on their own Younitee label, next week.

They are touring England (but not Scotland, boo!) over the next few weeks:

23/03 Flapper and Firkin, Birmingham
24/03 The South Sea, Sheffield
08/04 Blue Rooms, Blackpool
20/04 Club Uniquity, Somerleyton
23/04 Phoenix, Coventry (acoustic show)
28/04 Wharf Bar, Walsall
01/05 O2 Academy 3, Birmingham
02/06 Waterfront Festival, Gosport
03/06 Hydrant, Brighton